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SN  the  selection  of 
paving  brick  the 
point  of  origin  is  of 
greatest  importance. 

All  impervious  paving 
brick  of  the  first  grade  are 
manufactured  from  shale, 
because  from  this  natural 
material  the  most  dur¬ 
able  brick  can  be  made. 

Shale  has  been  dis¬ 
covered  in  various  sec¬ 
tions  of  the  country, 
but 

is  without  an  equal.  It 
has  been  adopted  as 
standard  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Standards.  The  high  quality  of  Purington 
Pavers  is  primarily  due  to  the  absolute  uniformity  of  *-J f=^~ I 


MANUFACTURING 


Mode  .Tii  equipment  is  necessary  to 
produce  good  paving  brick,-but  to 

the  purchaser  the  burning  process  is 

one  of  great  consequence. 


Paving  Brick  of  homogeneous 
character  must  be  made  from  shale 
which  shrinks  materially  when 
burned  to  the  point  of  vitrification. 


Nicollet  Avenue,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  paved  1898;  photographed  1911. 

Wearing  surface — Purington  Brit 


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is  one  inch  in  eight  inches,  and  this 
quality,  though  indispensable,  de¬ 
mands  extreme  care  and  experience 
to  obtain  the  best  results. 

The  force  which  has  charge  of  the 
burning  department  of  the  Puri  ng- 


ton  Paving  Brick  Company  is  com¬ 
posed  of  the  most  expert  and  exper¬ 
ienced  men  in  the  business,  and  to 
their  knowledge  and  the  unequaled 

form  high  grade  of  Purington  Pavers. 


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QUALITY 

I  ERE  are  numerous  meth¬ 
ods  of  testing  the  quality  of 
paving  brick,  but  the  two 
generally  adopted  are  the  rattler 
tests  of  the  National  Brick  Man¬ 
ufacturers’  Association  and  the 
National  Paving  Brick  Manufac¬ 
turers’ Association.  Hither  of  them 
is  efficient  and  both  have  the  same 
object  in  view, viz:  to  determine  the 
quality  of  the  brick  bv  computing  the  loss 
due  to  the  specific  abrasive  action  of  the  test. 
The  chief  difference  between  the  tests  is  the  construction  of  the  rattlers,  the  shape 
and  size  of  the  shot  abrasive  and  the  number  of  paving  brick  constituting  a  charge. 

The  reputation  of  Purington  Pavers  has  been  augmented  by  these  tests,  and  by 
the  more  important  test  of  time. 

After  an  exhaustive  investigation,  the  United  States  government  selected  Pur- 
inglon  Pavers  for  paving  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Panama  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 


TERRITORY 


THK  territory  in 
which  Purington 
Pavers  are  used 
is  constantly  increasing, 
due  to  the  growing  de¬ 
mand  for  hrick  pave¬ 
ment. 

Kngineers  and  other 
officials  who  are  re¬ 
sponsible  for  the  pave¬ 
ments  of  our  cities  are 
insisting  that  only  the 
best  material  he  used 
in  th  eir  construction, 
consequently  the  ever 
increasing  market  for 
Pan ?igto n  Pavers  made 


EASE 

OF  TRACTION 


Till',  distance  mer¬ 
chandise  has  to  be 
transported  is  year¬ 
ly  increased,  and  modern 
efficiency, therefore,  makes 
necessary  the  constantly 
increasing  size  and  weight 
of  the  load  hauled. 


STONE  BLOCK 
PAVEMENT 


Light  or  heavy 
loads  can  he  moved 
by  a  less  expenditure 
of  energy  and  with 
greater  rapidity  over 
a  brick  pavement 
than  any  other  form 
—  of  road  construction. 


ROAD 


ASPHALT 

PAVEMENT 


TREATED  WOOD 
BLOCK  PAVEMENT 


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COUNTRY  ROADS 

O  NH  man  with  a  pick 
could  not  do  as  much 
harm  to  a  mile  of 
ordinary  country 
in  one  day  as  a  heavy 
automobile  could  do  on  the 
same  stretch  in  the  same 
ength  of  time.” 

Modern  traffic  condi¬ 
tions  demand  a  wearing 
surface  of  Vitrified  Paving 
Brick  for  Country  Roads. 
When  a  country  road  is 
paved  and  paid  for  it 
>  should  cease  to  be  an  ex- 
pense  to  the  taxpayer.  It 


’urington  Pavers 


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Country  Road,  Warren  County, 
running  out  of  Monmouth;  paved  1906.  One 
course  Purington  blocks  laid  on  four  inches  of  sand 


used  tor  the  wearing  surface 
there  will  be  no  future  cost 
for  maintenance  and  repairs. 


FORM  OF  CONSTRUCTION 

THK  cardinal  principles  involved  in  the  proper  construction 
of  a  brick  pavement  are  few  in  number  and  simple  of  exe¬ 
cution,  yet  of  vital  importance,  but  are  so  largely  governed 
by  locality,  cost  and  traffic  conditions  that  the  subject  is  not  treated 
in  this  booklet.  The  Kngineers  in  charge  of  the  work  are  the 
most  competent  to  make  the  selection  of  the  form  of  construction 
and  the  materials  to  be  used  m  brick  pavements. 

Pi/ ringto ?i  Pavers  have  been  used  as  a  wearing  surface  with  all 
known  forms  of  construction  and  have  thoroughly  demonstrated 
their  lasting  qualities  under  all  conditions.  I  he  I  unngton  I  aving 
Brick  Company  will  be  glad  to  impart  to  those  interested  the 
knowledge  gained  from  this  experience. 


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